Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Reception of the illegal immigrants and legality Now when the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed,… Read More »ENFL151

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Human promotion, proclamation and prayer Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery? Are not his days those of a hireling? Jb 7,1  When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by… Read More »ENFS097  

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time To educate the young people to the chastity  I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But a married man is anxious… Read More »ENFS096

January 26, Saint Timothy and Saint Titus, Bishops The power of the lamb  After this the Lord appointed seventy (-two) others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is… Read More »ENSM002

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time To live as pilgrims and strangers  I tell you, brothers, the time is running out. From now on, let those having wives act as not having them, those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buying as… Read More »ENFS095

Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Why we meditate the gospel  He came home. Again (the) crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is… Read More »ENFL136

Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time The first wail of the church He went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him. He appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) that they might be with him and… Read More »ENFL135

The Baptism of the Lord The given life Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you are coming to me?” Jesus said… Read More »ENFS073

January 6, The Epiphany of The Lord The Epiphany of the Lord Behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.”….They said to… Read More »ENFS072

January 5, The first disciples  The next day he [Jesus ] decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law,… Read More »ENFL035